Pentagon’s Jinho was once an SM trainee (could have been in EXO) and part of SM the Ballad vol. 1 with some of the best SM vocalists – TRAX’s Jay, Super Junior’s Kyuhyun and SHINee’s Jonghyun.

Jinho is the smallest one, sitting on the sofa in the thumbnail.
#KpopEducation

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    I LOVE JINHO SO MUCH I remember desperately praying that his teaser for Exo was to come last but it never did ☹️

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      I didn’t know K-pop at the time, but now that I’ve learned of Jinho being in SM I keep imagining what EXO would have been like with Jinho in it. He wouldn’t be the oldest hyung there, so he would probably be much more playful. I can totally see him fooling around with the Beagle line (Baekhyun, Chanyeol, Chen), lol.

      But I am really happy he got to debut in the end. I’ve heard he had almost given up debuting and wanted to become a musical actor? We’re all lucky Cube debuted him. It’s SM’s loss.

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        I love Jinho too! I read somewhere a long time ago that Jinho might have been replaced by Baekhyun in the lineup closer to EXO’s debut. Whether that’s true or not, SM sure lost an amazing artist but I’m so glad Jinho found a way to bless us with his voice.

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          I’ve read he was replaced by D.O. And also that he couldn’t debut with EXO because his dancing wasn’t good enough? But who knows, we’ll never know what really happened. It would be really such a loss if his voice stayed hidden. Thanks, Cube.

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            To my understanding he was replaced with either Baekhyun or D.O., but we’ll never know for sure. Jinho, Chanyeol, and D.O. are good friends though! (But seriously, they should have replaced Suho instead). Jinho’s dancing is actually really good??? There was this one old video of the Exo trainees practicing and he was quite excellent in it.

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            @kumoiwa They are? I need proofs! How, when? (Exo and Pentagon are my two main groups, you see…)

            Suho… His voice is not as powerful as Jinho’s, I know. But he’s great as a leader. I don’t know if leader positions were already set back then or if his family’s background played some role in it. He’s also been a trainee for a long time (Baekhyun and Chen weren’t, I know). Maybe there wasn’t enough high notes for so many powerful vocals in one group and so they exchanged a main vocal for a main vocal.
            But really, I think something else must have happened. And no one will ever really know.

            Really? Do you have it bookmarked anywhere? I would love to see it! (If not, then nevermind.)

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            Yup! Here’s Jinho and Chanyeol going to Japan together, Jinho visiting Chanyeol’s mother’s restaurant with D.O., and Jinho at EXO’s debut showcase. Which is cruel, if you think about it 🙁

            I can’t find the video but I swear it exists somewhere in the depths of the internet!

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            Oh, my EXO-Pentagon heart! I knew he would have been great friends with beagle line. I just knew it. They’re even the same age. (Why, SM? Why?)

            Thanks so much. I think I found the article that you’re citing. In the first picture Jinho looked so much like D.O… But it’s him after all.
            Poor boy! Knowing he could have stood there with Chanyeol… Must have been so painful. He is even smiling in the picture.
            Jinho apparently used to have his own Instagram account and followed Chanyeol in 2016.
            Chanyeol mentions Jinho in his 2015 album message. They must have been quite close then. I wonder if they still keep in touch. Both are so busy (Jinho less, but even so).

            I believe you, it’s okay. I am so thankful that you told me about their friendship! My heart has been fully satisfied. Now I am going to watch some videos of EXOxPentagon interactions.

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